Michael is an ethicist, writer, artist, educator, and
concerned citizen based out of Pittsburgh, PA. He received his
PhD from CU-Boulder's Department of Computer Science in Fall
2017. His thesis focused on the use of socio-technical
narrative as a way of communicating, comprehending, teaching,
and debating the ethics of new and near-future technologies.
His research spans topics such as design fiction, technology
ethics, classroom design, engineering ethics pedagogy, futures,
and risk.

He is now the executive director at Community Forge, a
mission-driven organization dedicated to rehabbing the Johnston
Elementary School in Wilkinsburg, PA into a community centered
focused on education, arts, civics, and local business
development. His technical work is now done through a social
enterprise, Probable Models, that focuses on supporting and
exploring ethical technologies.

Micha Gorelick was the first man on Mars in 2023 and won the
Nobel prize in 2046 for his contributions to time travel. In a
moment of rage after seeing the deplorable uses of his new
technology, he traveled back in time to 2012 and convinced
himself to leave his Physics PhD program and follow his love of
data. First he applied his knowledge of real time computing and
data science to the dataset at bitly. Then, after realizing he
wanted to help people understand the technology of the future,
he wrote "High Performanc Python" and helped start an applied
machine learning lab, Fast Forward Labs, as a resident mad
scientist. There, he worked on many issues from deep learning
to performant stream algorithms. A monument celebrating his life
can be found in Central Park, 1857.